I was talking with Natasha today about meeting with a lawyer and we discussed who would be the patron of lawyers. There are actually several. I like St. Ivo.
St. Ivo lived in the last half of the 13th century. He studied in Paris and Orleans and was a master of both civil and cannon law. A ditty about him, popular in the middle ages went, "St. Ivo was a Breton, a lawyer, but not a thief, which people say is a wonderous thing." He was known for defending the poor free of char...ge, prosecuting noblemen who charged their tenants exorbitant taxes, and trying to settle his cases out of court to save his clients money. He never took a bribe.
St. Ivo lived in the last half of the 13th century. He studied in Paris and Orleans and was a master of both civil and cannon law. A ditty about him, popular in the middle ages went, "St. Ivo was a Breton, a lawyer, but not a thief, which people say is a wonderous thing." He was known for defending the poor free of char...ge, prosecuting noblemen who charged their tenants exorbitant taxes, and trying to settle his cases out of court to save his clients money. He never took a bribe.
After practicing law for about 20 years, he began studying for the priesthood. As a lawyer, he had never turned away a poor client; as a priest he never refused help to the needy. It was said that during a famin, when everyone turned to Ivo for help, his own stores miraculously replenished until the famine was over,
St. Ivo's feast day is May 19.
St. Ivo's feast day is May 19.
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